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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Pecan Praline Lace Cookies

These delicate cookies are great by themselves with a nice cup of tea or coffee.... but they really are the perfect little cup for berries, custards, etc. You can make these today with only 5 simple pantry ingredients...

Ingredients:

½ cup + 2 Tbsp finely chopped pecans

¼ cup all-purpose flour

½ stick unsalted butter, softened

¼ cup packed dark brown sugar

¼ cup light corn syrup (Karo)

just a smidge of vanilla

Method:

Preheat oven to 350oF.

In small bowl, combine pecans and flour.

In small saucepan, combine butter, sugar, and syrup and bring to a boil (and also vanilla)

Remove from heat and stir dry ingredients into pot.

Transfer to a bowl to cool, stirring occasionally until it becomes doughy.

With moist hands, roll dough into balls of desired size.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet or preferably a Silpat 3’ – 7” apart. They spread a LOT.

Bake 9 ½ - 10 min (until there is no more bubbling), Don’t over bake them or you won’t be able to shape them.

Remove from oven and allow them to cool just a couple of minutes until flexible with spatula, but still malleable.

Mold, or shape them (roll or drape) and cool on wire rack.

I like to turn them over (bumpy pecan side facing down next to jar; smooth side out) over a spice bottle. This makes darling little cups that can be filled with custard and fruit, lemon curd, etc.

They can also be rolled into a cookie “cigar” (bumpy side out) and dipped if desired on one end in melted milk/white chocolate.

About Me

I am a prototypical modern American mom. I am retired professor of Anatomy & Physiology at a private Christian University, and mother to four beautiful children (3 boys and 1 girl). I am also a food blogger, cookbook author, and have owned my own cafe. My background is a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience with emphasis on antioxidant research. My postdoctoral training was in human obesity and caloric restriction.

I grew up in South Louisiana where the best food in the world is routinely brought from the garden and the water, and put on the table. Everyone in my family of origin is a wonderful cook, so I guess it is just natural that I show my love to my family through food.

I love cooking and eating... and teaching my children the art and techniques of being in the kitchen. My mother taught me that there is always SOME part of the cooking process that even small children can help with...so my kids are indeed very familiar with the kitchen, the kitchen tools, use of homegrown herbs, etc.